Read What Our Students Are Saying — All Workshops 20% Off – Maiwa School of Textiles

by - Thursday, December 18, 2025

 


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Students have access to workhops for three years.

Curated supply kits are always offered at 20% off for students. Details can be found on each workshop page.

Use Discount Code: CREATIVE20 for 20% off.




Learn to build a range of indigo vats including organic vats made with fruits, the iron vat, and vats made with plants.

Learn a wealth of introductory and advanced shaped resist techniques on silk, linen, and cotton. Learn how to handle materials in the dye vat to get the most from indigo.




Learn to successfully mordant cellulose and protein fibres. Work with cloth and yarns to achieve vibrant, clear colours using classic natural dyes.




This groundbreaking workshop will lead students through a number of projects on silk, cotton, linen, wool, and paper.

Through contact printing, immersion baths, bundling and binding techniques, and the magic of indigo, this workshop will explore new, uncharted territory on textiles.




Learn the process of making both pigmented and non-pigmented inks, including classics like iron gall ink as well as inks made from natural dyes like cochineal and lake pigments like weld.




Throughout history, the ability to print on cloth has created some of the world’s most desirable textiles.

The ability to deliver rich, saturated, natural dyes through the use of brushes, blocks, stencils and pens is a powerful skill.




A pathway through modern science organized around the study of natural dyes. From the atom and molecular diagrams to the reduction and oxidation of indigo, to acids and bases, and all the way up to the complexity of tannin-mordant dye chemistry.

Learn why the study of natural dyes is one of the most engaging ways to investigate matter and materials.


 

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